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643 Foi Requests: The Narwhal’s Year Of Fighting For Transparency

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The team I work with at The Narwhal filed 643 freedom of information requests across Canada in 2023. We spent over $6,000 on these requests, not including money spent on corporate,

643 FOI requests: The Narwhal’s year of fighting for transparency

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This graph shows the evolution of FOI requests submitted to national authorities since the enactment of the law in all selected jurisdictions. The increase of requests can be

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For months, Fisheries and Oceans Canada wouldn’t say anything about its role in monitoring the project and protecting fish habitat. So, in late November, Matt filed a series of

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Freedom of Information statistics: July to September 2024 bulletin

From July to September 2024 there were 20,267 FOI requests received across all monitored bodies. This is an increase of 1,712 (9%) from the same quarter in 2023. Fewer than

The ability to break the ice in this way would give a narwhal access to air whenever it needed to take a breath. That would make it possible for narwhals to freely hunt in waters that are

So, in late November, Matt filed a series of freedom of information requests. He recently got back some documents — and boy are they full of jaw-dropping details. Not only did Fisheries and Oceans Canada quietly back off

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The Narwhal is also a member of the Institute for Nonprofit News, recognizing our adherence to strict standards of editorial independence and financial transparency. The Narwhal is a

How it works. You have the right to request information from any public body, and get answers. WhatDoTheyKnow helps you make a Freedom of Information request for free. It also publishes

Sunlight filters through the clouds, casting a glow across the Coast Mountains as we walk along a road that contours the edge of the Skwelwil’em Squamish estuary, 50

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Truesdell hasn’t publicly commented on the situation, or answered requests from The Narwhal. Both he and Amato received a full year’s salary in 2023 despite resigning about two-thirds of

In Manitoba, reporter Julia-Simone Rutgers proved that provincial officials had failed to formally inspect a leaky pipeline for years, prior to it being shut down over safety concerns — again, thanks to a carefully worded

During their nine years in power the Trudeau Liberals have campaigned politically on fighting climate change and passed a number of climate-related laws, while also buying a

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The areas of Canada burned, by hectare, between 1983 and 2023. It’s just one way to measure the impact of last year’s fire season, which shattered records. Graphic: Shawn

The narwhal is a medium-sized whale that lives year-round in the Arctic. The species has attracted a lot of scientific attention over the years because it has a perfectly straight 2- to 3

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„Six hundred and forty-three. That’s how many freedom of information requests our journalists at The Narwhal filed across the country in 2023 as they dug deep to uncover

278 freedom of information requests: The Narwhal’s year of fighting for transparency By Mike De Souza Dec. 16, 2024

At The Narwhal, our reporters file hundreds of freedom of information requests every year, because there are still far too many people working in government who don’t believe you have

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In 2023 there were 70,475 FOI requests received across all monitored bodies*. This is an increase of 17,735 (+34%) from 2022 and represents the largest number of requests

After the group appealed Bracebridge’s decision to a provincial tribunal, the project is going ahead but with stronger environmental protections. Smith’s office didn’t